clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to summon courage; to be brave
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
big catch (fishing); good haul
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling